酪 (lào): cheese, dairy product, fruit jelly
酪 (lào) is a Chinese character meaning “cheese.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 酉 (semantic) and 各 (phonetic). It ranks #3128 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 酪 wine. Its radical form 酉 (wine) appears in many related characters such as 酗 (xù, drunk), 酝 (yùn, to brew), 配 (pèi, to join).
Definitions
- cheese
- dairy product
- fruit jelly
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奶酪noun | nǎi lào | cheese |
| 干酪noun | gān lào | cheese |
| 乳酪noun | rǔ lào | cheese |
| 巴马干酪 | bā mǎ gān lào | Parmesan cheese |
| 酪农业 | lào nóng yè | (Tw) dairy industry |
| 酪氨酸代谢病 | lào ān suān dài xiè bìng | (medicine) tyrosinosis |
| 干酪素noun | gān lào sù | casein |
| 酪蛋白noun | lào dàn bái | casein (milk protein) |
| 乡村奶酪noun | xiāng cūn nǎi lào | cottage cheese |
| 奶酪火锅 | nǎi lào huǒ guō | fondue |
| 蓝纹奶酪noun | lán wén nǎi lào | blue cheese |
| 酪农noun | lào nóng | (Tw) dairy farmer |
| 酪素 | lào sù | casein (milk protein) |
| 优酪乳noun | yōu luò rǔ | yogurt (loanword) (Tw) |
| 乳酪蛋糕noun | rǔ lào dàn gāo | cheesecake |
酪 appears in 25 compound words: 44 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 酪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
酪字由13笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
lào zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "酪" consists of 13 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
第一推荐的带有奶酪的沙拉。
dì yī tuī jiàn de dài yǒu nǎi lào de shā lā .
Our top recommendation: a salad with cheese.
排乳清后乳糖少，老人如果喝不下液体奶，可以吃奶酪拌蔬果。
pái rǔ qīng hòu rǔ táng shǎo , lǎo rén rú guǒ hē bù xià yè tǐ nǎi , kě yǐ chī nǎi lào bàn shū guǒ .
Since whey is removed, the lactose content is low. If elderly people have trouble drinking liquid milk, they can eat cheese mixed with vegetables and fruit.
人工配方奶工艺不管多么高，在整个牛奶的构成当中，酪蛋白是占主要的。
rén gōng pèi fāng nǎi gōng yì bù guǎn duō má gāo , zài zhěng gè niú nǎi de gòu chéng dāng zhōng , lào dàn bái shì zhàn zhǔ yāo de .
No matter how advanced the manufacturing process for infant formula may be, casein remains the primary component of milk.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 酉 (wine) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced lào
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